This children’s song rang in my ears again, because the Dragon Boat Festival is coming. The faint fragrance of rice dumpling leaves brings my emotions into those long years...

The Dragon Boat Festival is an old custom in our country for more than 2,000 years. It is said that in 278 BC, the Qin army captured Kyoto of the Chu state. Seeing that his country was invaded, Qu Yuan held a stone in his arms and threw himself into the Miluo River with hatred. After Qu Yuan's death, the people of Chu State were extremely sad. On this day every year, they flocked to the river to pay homage to Qu Yuan. People threw rice dumplings into the river to attract fish, shrimps, crabs. When I was full, I stopped eating Qu Yuan’s body. Therefore, on the fifth day of May every year, there is a custom of dragon boat racing, eating rice dumplings, drinking realgar wine and hanging mugwort. Especially dragon boat racing and eating rice dumplings are the main activities of the Dragon Boat Festival. The fierce scene of dragon boat racing, just like Qu Yuan's strong patriotic spirit, has been inspiring us for thousands of years.

Because of this profound cultural heritage, the Dragon Boat Festival has now become one of the main traditional festivals of our Chinese nation. She is still very much alive today. In our south, people eat "five yellows" during the Dragon Boat Festival: yellow croaker, cucumber, salted duck egg yolk, rice dumplings wrapped with yellow bean paste and realgar wine. On the Dragon Boat Festival, adults use realgar to draw the word "王" on children's foreheads and wear colorful sachets. It is tied with red, yellow, blue, white and black silk threads on children's necks, wrists or ankles, and is regarded as a lifeline by parents. Each family also inserts "five ends": calamus, mugwort, pomegranate flowers, garlic, and dragon boat flowers. Because the Dragon Boat Festival is also called Chongwu Festival, many customs are related to the number "five". Every year on the Dragon Boat Festival, my mother always cleans the house first and sprinkles realgar water in the kitchen to kill poisonous insects or prevent the breeding of poisonous insects. Then our family goes to Tai Lake to play and watch the dragon boat race; People eat a rice dumpling. Such a festival is simple yet grand!

The Dragon Boat Festival in my hometown, how much joy and happiness you have given me! The Dragon Boat Festival rice dumplings are fragrant, the dragon boats are clanging, and good things come in pairs! What the Dragon Boat Festival reveals is Authentic hometown sentiment is an ancient tradition and a form of admiration and praise for the patriotic spirit of the poet Qu Yuan. Eating authentic hometown rice dumplings and watching the wonderful hometown dragon boat race gave me a special feeling.

Chapter 2

The fifth day of the fifth lunar month is the Dragon Boat Festival, a traditional Chinese folk festival. It is one of the ancient traditional festivals of the Chinese nation. The Dragon Boat Festival is also called Dragon Boat Festival and Duanyang. In addition, the Dragon Boat Festival has many other names, such as: Noon Day Festival, Chongwu Festival, May Festival, Bath Orchid Festival, Tianzhong Festival, Di La, Poet's Day, Dragon Day and so on. Although the names are different, generally speaking, the festival customs of people in various places are more similar than different.

Celebrating the Dragon Boat Festival has been a traditional habit of the Chinese people for more than 2,000 years. Due to the vast territory, numerous ethnic groups, and many stories and legends, not only have many different festival names been produced, but there are also festivals in various places. Have different customs. The main contents include: when the daughter returns to her parents' home, hangs the statue of Zhong Kui, greets the ghost ship, hides from the afternoon, puts up the leaf talisman of the afternoon, hangs the calamus and wears the sachet, prepares the wine for the sacrifice, races the dragon boat, competes in martial arts, bats the ball, paints the children with realgar, and drinks. Except for superstitious activities such as realgar wine and calamus wine, eating Wudu cakes, salted eggs, rice dumplings and seasonal fresh fruits, which have gradually disappeared, the rest are still spread throughout China and neighboring countries. Some activities, such as dragon boat races, have achieved new development, breaking through time and geographical boundaries and becoming international sports events.

Dragon boat racing is the main custom of the Dragon Boat Festival. According to legend, it originated from the ancient Chu people who were reluctant to leave their virtuous minister Qu Yuan and threw himself into the river. Many people rowed boats to chase and save him. They scrambled to catch up and disappeared when they reached Dongting Lake. After that, dragon boat racing was held every fifth day of May to commemorate Qu Yuan. They rowed dragon boats to disperse the fish in the river to prevent them from eating Qu Yuan's body. The custom of dragon boat racing is widely popular in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River in China and in various ethnic minority areas in southwest China. For thousands of years, dragon boat racing has become a large-scale folk entertainment activity.

Although dragon boat races were not necessarily held during the Dragon Boat Festival in ancient times, today they are mostly held around the Dragon Boat Festival every year. From this point, we can also see that the saying that dragon boat races originated from saving Qu Yuan has a greater influence among the masses.

Zongzi, also known as "corner millet" and "tube rice dumpling", is a traditional festival food of the Han people during the Dragon Boat Festival. It is steamed by wrapping glutinous rice and other ingredients in rice dumpling leaves. The legend was spread in memory of Qu Yuan, and it is one of the most profound traditional foods in Chinese history.

The Dragon Boat Festival is a very popular and grand festival among the Chinese people. I like this festival that contains Chinese cultural complex. Do you like it?

Part 3

In the past, the Dragon Boat Festival was spent in the park with my parents, but this year’s Dragon Boat Festival was spent in the countryside. Moreover, I spent this Dragon Boat Festival differently.

At around two o’clock in the morning, I got up, got dressed and walked out the door. Usually at this time, people will get up and go for an outing. But I thought: it would be too boring to go on an outing during the Dragon Boat Festival. So I had a sudden idea - to go herding sheep.

I picked up the whip, and my uncle was leading the sheep in front, much like a "head sheep" leading the flock. I was behind, waving my whip, driving the sheep. After a while, we arrived at the grassland. The sheep plunged into the grass and ate the green grass; the uncle sat aside and listened to the radio. I looked at the large grassland. The green was so beautiful that it was indescribable. This kind of green cannot be seen in the city, and there are not even a few grasses in the city. I was so fascinated by it that I couldn't help but lie down on the grass and fell asleep.

At around five o’clock in the morning, I returned to my uncle’s house. Breakfast was rice dumplings and boiled eggs from my own chickens. I suddenly remembered the situation when I was a child and competed with children with eggs during the Dragon Boat Festival: When I was in elementary school, the class held an egg-breaking competition. The smaller ends of the eggs were knocked against each other. The winner of the egg would be called an "egg" by us. King", and then the "Egg King" will be eaten by his owner in front of our eyes. After thinking about it, I picked up the eggs and knocked them against each other, and then I ate the remaining winning egg cleanly.

In the evening, my uncle and I went to pick up my aunt. My aunt spent a day picking beans in the greenhouse. As soon as I got there, I got into the greenhouse. The bean seedlings had reached the roof of the shed, and the beans had grown very long. After my uncle loaded all the beans into the car, there was no place for me to sit, so I had no choice but to sit in the "bean cart". But I felt it was more comfortable to lie down, so I lay down. The bumps along the way are as exciting as riding a roller coaster, as if you are about to fall.

In the evening, our family sat on the fire table, eating dumplings around the dining table, and felt very happy.

This year’s Dragon Boat Festival has left me with many happy and beautiful memories. It has been engraved in my mind and will never be forgotten. I very much hope that next year’s Dragon Boat Festival can be spent in the countryside. Although it is not as lively as in the south, I can’t forget it.